Earth Issues Seminars

Environmental Studies Earth Issues Seminars

Coordinated by the Environmental Studies Department, Earth Issues is a series of public lectures and discussions on topics within the fields of Environmental Studies and Environmental Science. The seminars are designed to complement the Environmental Studies curriculum by encouraging students to engage in discussion of current environmental issues, practice life-long learning, and build a sense of academic community.

Participate

If you are a student, faculty member, alumnus or professional in the field of environmental studies or environmental science, and you are interested in presenting an Earth Issues Seminar, please let us know. To volunteer as a student host, suggest topics for future seminars, RSVP, or for more information email the Environmental Studies Technician.

Earth Issues Seminar Series - Fall 2016

This semester, the seminar series features talks that will take place on Thursdays at 12:00 p.m. and during evenings for the co-sponsored Clarke Forum semester theme--food. The Environmental Studies Department invites and encourages you to attend multiple seminars.

September

September 8 - Clarke Forum: "The World that Food Made", with Raj Patel, Award-winning writer, activist, and academic. Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7:00 pm. This event is co-sponsored with the Churchill Fund, First Year Seminars, the Center for Sustainability Education and the Departments of International Business & Management, Anthropology & Archaeology and the Program in Policy Studies

October 10 - Clark Forum:"Eating While Black: A Case Study on Food Shaming and Policing" with Psyche Williams-Forson, Associate Professor and Chair of American Studies at the University of Maryland College Park. Stern Center Great Room, 7:00 pm.This event is co-sponsored with the Center for Sustainability Education, the Department of English, Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and the Departments of American Studies, Africana Studies, Anthropology & Archaeology.

October 20 - Advising Session. Denny 317, 12:00 - 1:00 pm.

October 27 - "Understanding the Chesapeake: The Role of Community Monitoring" with Julie Vastine, Director of ALLARM. Kaufman 178, 12:00 - 1:00 pm.

October 27 - Clarke Forum: "Native Harvest: The Politics, Health, Culture and Economics of Food" with Winona LaDuke, program director of Honor the Earth. Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7:00 pm. This event is co-sponsored with the Center for Sustainability Education, the Churchill Fund and the Departments of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, American Studies, Anthropology & Archaeology.

2/29 - "Climate Change, Forestry, and Indigenous Peoples in Cameroon," with Samuel Nnah Ndobe, Center for the Environment and Development. HUB side rooms 204-205, 12:00 p.m. This event is co-sponsored by Global Education and the Office of Student Life.

March

3/24 - "Climate Change and Our Coastlines: What to Do with the Extra Carbon?", with Tom Arnold, Chair of the Environmental Studies Department and Professor of Biology. Kaufman 178, 12:00 p.m.